2016-05-25HealthHealth information and medical recordsMedicaidMedicarePrescription drugs2981A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to add standards for drug compendia for physician use for purposes of Medicaid payment for certain drugs, and for other purposes.114RG000386CHARLESGRASSLEYERNESTSen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]8316G000386457IA2018-06-02T07:45:43Z22016-05-25Finance Committeessfi000SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.IntroReferral9Library of CongressIntroReferralIntroduced in Senate100002016-05-2511SenateHealth002016-05-252017-04-07T21:53:10ZThis bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to add standards for drug compendia used by physicians with respect to payment for certain drugs under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Specifically, such compendia shall include compendia that, as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: (1) are used by health care providers and utilized nationwide by the health insurance industry; (2) have a publicly available policy on disclosures of conflicts of interest; (3) use an international, widely recognized standard to evaluate clinical evidence for inclusion; and (4) are accepted by at least one state board of pharmacy or equivalent licensing body.

]]>2016-05-25T04:00:00ZIntroduced in SenateIntroduced in SenateA bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to add standards for drug compendia for physician use for purposes of Medicaid payment for certain drugs, and for other purposes.Official Title as IntroducedA bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to add standards for drug compendia for physician use for purposes of Medicaid payment for certain drugs, and for other purposes.Display Title2016-05-26T05:28:46ZReferred to2016-05-25T16:35:06ZSenatessfi00Finance CommitteeStandingCaseySen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]PADTrue2016-05-25C001070C00107018288282Bob1.0.02016-05-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.Stext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.Congressional Research Service, Library of CongressThis file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.